Device for rolling cylindrical bodies.



E. WALTER.

DEVlCE FOR R'OLLlNG CYLINDRICAL BODIES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5. x911.

1,272,739; Patented July 16,1918,

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27 I o fi I a BY J} 7 ZTTORNEY.

s PETERS 0a., mwmumu. wAsuL UNITED STATES QFFTCE.

E NEST WALTER, OF BELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY, AssienoR r0 vERoNA CHEMICALCOMPANY, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION or NEW ERSEY.

DEVIGE FOR'ROLLING CYLINDRICAL BODIES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST VVALTER, a citizen of the United States, anda. resident of Belleville, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for RollingCylindrical Bodies, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to a devicefor rolling barrels and is adapted foruse in plants and establishments where cylindrical bodies,

such as barrels, drums, tanks andthe like,: are moved about both emptyand filled, and sometimes for comparatively, long hauls where the placesin the plant from and to which the barrels must be moved are separatedby a considerable distance. It is customary at present to either rollthe barrel along the ground by manual labor, which is somewhatintermittent and slow and requires considerable labor, another way beingto use acarriage heavy enough to support a barrel or drum and rollingthe barrel by means of skids oran inclined way onto the carriage. Thisalso requires considerable manual labor, taking usually two or three menin case of a full barrel, and more in the case of larger sized drumswhich are-filled with liquid. These above described methods at presentin use are expensive and slow.

My invention relates to a device which moves the barrel without liftingit from the ground and that provides means for its steady rolling, sincethe force is applied by means of the device so that the friction isminimized and the rolling of the barrel is thus made steady andcomparatively quick.

The invention is further designed to pro-. vide a device of this-kindwhich is easily portable, not being necessarily strong enough or heavyenough to support a barrel, but be- .ing in turn supported by the barrelwhen it is in place and acting to prevent any material relative movementbetween the carriage and the barrel wh1le the carriage or frame is inposition on the barrel.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind inwhich the rollers that engage the barrel, when the device is on thebarrel, can also be used for supporting the device so that it can beeasily rolled along the ground when the device is not on the barrel. V vv The invention is adapted for wooden bar- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed January 5, 1917. Serial No. 140,676.

to a barrel, but this is simply for thepurA pose of making thedescription clear, since the devicecan be used on any form ofcylindrical body that is to be moved along the ground by'rolling itwithout necessarily lifting it.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which oneembodiment of the invention is shown, it being understood, however, thatdifferent forms of the device may be used and the parts differentlydisposed to bring about the same result, but the embodiment that isillustrated shows one of the preferred forms of the device. I

In said drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of frame, the viewillustrating the frame in place on a barrel, and Fig. 2 is a side viewof the construction illustrated in Fig. 1.

The device primarily consists of a carriage or frame that is constructedwith rollers to minimize the friction between the device and the barrelwhen the device is placed over a barrel; The device when on a barrelbeing preferably suspended from contact with the ground and having meansthereon whereby the barrel, or other cylindrical body on which thedevice is supported, can be" moved. In the form shown the framecomprises side portions or members, these side portions each having abeam 10 which is a draft beam in the form illustrated, the side portionshaving means for supporting an upper roller or rollers, such means, inthe form shown, consisting of brackets on each side portion, eachbracket comprising an inclined beam 11 and a substantially vertical beam12,, thus providing a triangular side portionwhich, with the oppositetriangular sideportion, provides a means for supporting several of therollers. The rollers 1.3 and the rollers 14, are fixed in the sense thatthey are arranged in the frame so that they have no movement relative toeach other, these rollers being arranged re against in oi einent on theaxles by suitable be readily seen that when the frame is pulled bysuitable traction ineans the draft be sleeper the br'aielie't supportedthereonp'us on t11 eterre1u1reu 1i the axles and the rollers' aforesaidand the barrel i's'ir'o lled along the" greund; since this pressure"free 7 the roll-ere 13 and 14' is appliecrjir rear of beams 10- riitge"011' a barrel;

the point of rolling Contact 18 of tlieb'arirl 19. grl'ny suitable meansfor' sieving, the device Cairbe e1'ep1e' ed;,man ower 'beifi g used?ifthe case of small barrels, but in the case the larger cylindricalbodies, hoise is 7 preferably employed" which 7 can" be l 2 13t tachedbysuitable harness, the; i iewfilli' .trating Strands 20' connected byriirge zi this the draft beams 10, but. any other forrii of 't achmntcan be"u'sfed, as will beuii'der stood;

"To permit a meter that is being moved forward? to be stopped, toproyideftiri' may h1g a barrel backward; amtalso .to' 'preiride apassivemeansfor holding the-"oer; and as" a still setter-- means fb'r pr'oidiiig for-"theremoiialiand installation. of the" defiiie on a" barrel;I re- \'%i a third sever rollers Q2,the reners 2'2" being ar-r-a-ligedtolerate freely on a r exit 23', which axle is-adjiis'table so that thedis tance between the rollers 13, 14 and- 22 cm? Varied so as'to fitdifferent sizes of bar leis. On to adjustmentassume,this emprieingperforations 24 in the" draft which; in; the re-rm stews,- made of h n;these erferanens tie-'- (if-them adapteerto'reeeirerh e1 l0 23cl/Cblliif and it pi'fi Zfib used te preventfian slit me emefit themxle"mi heperforatioi is' 24 Wheni th 1 611ers' 2-2'e1-e to -bemoved toermitthe" device to he either ut on" or takerrfromj barrel, ortofprovjide'an adjustntre'ijit for :15 diff ent size of barrel, the''ends"of the draft 1eemu-s-1'0 airejslightly sprung apart after the pin26has been removed, this springinfg bef in}: sufficient to clear theendsfofthe axle 23', then the e'an'b'e moved in'toany of "the IholesQlfzindf after the" axle is fitted. in th'e proper hole the i draftbeams 10 are permit ted to resume theirioriginal positions, the pin261i's replaeed 1n the" position shown' 'm' the drawing,- and the"ad-uStment'is completer I t-willthus be readily'seenthat the rollers and14:; can-'be used: to provider trae-tioir f-or'the device whenit. isiiot on a barrbh; all; the; rollers-ti of. the-- devieegvhowevergeooperttiiig are supporting: the device these functions.

bear on. the barre of itStIOlllllg point; of contact with the ground,provide a means for bringing about Many different v forms of device canbe uncle-without departin from the scope of the invention, but the formshown embodies features of advantage,"the'axlesi this e' eervi'ngto"eoiihec't and so toseparate he siee frames"- or oi-tiers;- permetglitrlthe rel ably at? niits ev erewnig ojnithe serew tlireade d ends 28* ofthe axles 15* rea m,

The number of rollers on varied; but" I prefer to arrange-"tween ejaehas shown being sep' rated far enough tdn'raheiteas the 'dir'eetion of'the b ellsligl 1 causei't to turn a *ei gpossible oir aeeount of theindependent mot come this;

fixed axle, a second axle I o'nathe-side'beamsr and adjustable towardand fronfiithe i'fixed" axle, and rollefs onl-tlie adjustable axle Adeice forrollingbarrelscomprising-- r-frame havingdraft beams at thesides,- brackets" on the draft? beams,- rollers supported from the draftmeme-meme braele etsj-the side beainsbeihgperforated, an axle removablefrom= the p erforations,-- rollers on the removable axle, and means forfastening the. removable aide in; the perforhti (ins;

3; device for rollin flbarfelsfomprising a' .ffitlfie" having; draft"heams at' the sides,

brackets on the; draft beams-rollers; supported! fronritlie draft-beamsand the braele et's fi the side: beams beingperforated and adapted toslightly sprung apart}, a re movable mile; in the pe-r fbra ti onsf,rollersoh the removable axle, and means for securing the axle into"plaicev and the" beams against sprin g'ing; 1 Y

4; A: device, for rolling barrels eomprisi iig aframe provided "at" itsforward" ejndj' with an; ax-lo and a pair of rollers; I on" said axle,and provided afl'itS rearward eiidwith an axle ands a pairof rollers)thereon, the axle of the forward pair of; rollers beingadjustabletoii'ard and aeivayfroni the rear axle,'and rollers on saidframe receivedabo ethe first arid secondsetsofr0ller-s,-all o'fsaidrollers being adapted 'to en gage barrel by the periphery thereofand to reeeive the barrel bodily, therebetween: 1

on of each" I i filler; on" its" o. A device for rolling barrelscomprising adapted to engage a barrel by the periphery a frame providedat its forward end With thereof and to receive the barrel bodily an axleand a pair of rollers on said axle, therebetween. 10 and provided at itsrearward end with an In testimony that I claim the foregoing, axle and apair of rollers thereon, and rollers I hereto set my hand, this 2nd dayof J anuon said frame received above the first and ary, 1917.

second sets of rollers, all of said rollers being ERNEST WALTER.

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